Conversation One
對話一
W: Hi, Eric. How was your weekend?
女:你好,Eric. 周末過得怎么樣啊?
M: Great! I met Maria's parents. And we told them we want to be engaged.
男:特別棒!我見了Maria 的父母。告訴了他們,我和Maria想訂婚的決定。
W: Eric, that's wonderful. Congratulations!
女:Eric,這真是太好了,恭喜恭喜!
M: Thanks, Alice. I really like her parents too. They're very nice.
男:謝謝你,Alice。我真的很喜歡Maria的父母。他們都很和氣。
Mrs. Carmona speaks four languages, and Mr. Carmona is a diplomat.
Carmona太太會說四門語言,Carmona先生是個外交官。
In fact, he gave a speech at the law school on Saturday morning.
確切地說,Carmona先生周六早上才在法學院做了演講。
W: Oh, that was Maria's father? I heard his speech.
女:啊,那就是Maria的父親嗎?我聽了他的演講。
M: You did?
男:真的嗎?
W: Well, I heard part of it.
女:額,我聽了一部分。
I listened to it for ten minutes and then I fell asleep. I thought I was in class.
我聽了10分鐘就睡著了。我以為我在上課。
Anyway, tell me about your weekend.
好了,還是說說你的周末吧。
M: Saturday evening we saw a play. And Sunday afternoon, we watched a soccer game.
男:周六晚上我們一起看了一場戲劇。周日下午,又看了一場球賽。
Then Sunday night we all went out for dinner, Maria, her parents and me.
然后晚上我們一起外出就餐。Maria,她爸爸媽媽,還有我。
That was the first chance we had to talk.
那時我們才有機會要說說話。
W: Were you nervous?
女:你那時緊張不?
M: At first I was. We didn't say much.
男:一開始的確有些緊張,我們沒聊太多。
Mr. Carmona told us some good stories about his experiences as a diplomat. And he asked me about my hobbies.
Carmona先生跟我說了些他當外交官時的趣事。然后他問我有什么興趣愛好。
W: And what did you say?
女:你怎么說的?
M: Well, I didn't tell him about my flying lessons.
男:嗯,我沒告訴他我參加了飛行課。
I told him about my chess playing and my classical music collection.
我跟我說下棋,也收集古典音樂。
W: Good idea. Her parents really approve of you, don't they?
女:好主意。她爸媽肯定認可你了,是吧?
M: I guess so. Maria called this morning and said: "My father told me he'd like you for a son-in-law right now."
男:應該是的吧。Maria今天早上打電話說:"我爸爸他挺喜歡你這個女婿的。"
W: That's great.
女:太好了。
M: Not exactly. I want to get married after graduate school in about three years.
男:也不完全是。我想3年以后研究生畢業再結婚。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
根據剛才聽到的對話,回答9至11題。
Question 9.What does Eric say about Maria's father?
問題9.關于Maria的父親,Eric說了些什么?
Question 10.What did Eric and Maria do last Sunday afternoon?
問題10.周日下午,Eric 和 Maria 做了什么?
Question 11.What do we learn from Maria's phone call this morning?
問題11.從今天早上Maria的電話,我們可以了解到什么?